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Slotting: The right jobs for the right players

By E.J. Hradek
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, December 3, 2002

In any sport, building a competitive team is like piecing together a complex jigsaw puzzle. The intricate parts must fit together perfectly if the picture is going to be complete. In hockey, where even the best skaters (goalies aside) can be on the bench for more that half the game, squeezing together the many necessary parts can be a maddening process. Because the game is part skill, part smarts, part grit and part intangibles (like selflessness, maturity and focus), the league's general mana ...

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